Anonymous wrote:

Why is this something to get upset about?

Do you know what happens in ERs and ICUs, when patients are in pain and desperate, or dying?

All sorts of pet names, and Mommy/Daddy comes out, regardless of how old people are.

And that's GOOD. It's HEALTHY. Don't ever shame someone for using those names.

This is so true and heartbreaking to see.

Neither Southern nor rich, and I still call my parents "Mommy" and "Daddy" to their faces or when talking about them to my siblings.

If referring to them in convo with others, I just say "my mom" or "my dad." When people don't put their possession in front, I think it's super weird, e.g. "Dad loved to go to the movies on Sunday." Like, are you Blanche Deveraux? lol

Anonymous wrote:Maybe it’s sexist but a guy who is over the age of 12 using “daddy” and “mommy” makes me question if he is a serious person.

Women get much more latitude, but if it’s done in an obnoxious or whiny way, it’s pretty bad.

At least you own that you're sexist.

Anonymous wrote:

Why is this something to get upset about?

Do you know what happens in ERs and ICUs, when patients are in pain and desperate, or dying?

All sorts of pet names, and Mommy/Daddy comes out, regardless of how old people are.

And that's GOOD. It's HEALTHY. Don't ever shame someone for using those names.

I agree. My adult siblings and I still use mommy and daddy.

Anonymous wrote:If grown ass people want to address their parents as Mommy and Daddy, no skin off my nose. Where it gets creepy is when people talk about their parents using those terms. "Daddy didn't want me driving a three year old car, so he leased me a new Escalade." "Mummy and I always go out for scrummy desserts on Sunday afternoon!" Barf.

I find it wierd and very LC to use the word "ass" in a sentence and manner that is totally inappropriate for that word.

Young adult DS calls me Mommy to my face and refers to his dad as Daddy but doesn’t call him anything at all to his face. (Hi! Thanks for picking me up vs Hi Mommy! Thanks for picking me up)

Around outsiders it’s ‘my mother, my father’

It’s a multigenerational tradition. UMC Jews from NYC-DC.

Maybe it’s sexist but a guy who is over the age of 12 using “daddy” and “mommy” makes me question if he is a serious person.

Women get much more latitude, but if it’s done in an obnoxious or whiny way, it’s pretty bad.

OP,

You are discriminatory and hateful. Over something that literally does not impact you!

Shame on you.

What freaking difference does it make OP? Don’t be so narrow minded.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are they supposed to call them, by their first names?

I don't see why kids need to start calling their parents differently than they've done all their lives.

How about dada.

Go for it.

The US is a melting pot and a large country with lots of subcultures. In some countries people uniformly call their parents mama and papa from birth to death. Here we have more variety. None of it is abnormal or wrong.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are they supposed to call them, by their first names?

I don't see why kids need to start calling their parents differently than they've done all their lives.

How about dada.

Anonymous wrote:Is this a rich person thing? A NYC thing? Twice recently I've come across teenagers or parents of teenagers using these terms and I was surprised.

Don't you worry about what doesn't concern you. You can address your parents anyway you prefer, let others make their own choices.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Why is this something to get upset about?

Do you know what happens in ERs and ICUs, when patients are in pain and desperate, or dying?

All sorts of pet names, and Mommy/Daddy comes out, regardless of how old people are.

And that's GOOD. It's HEALTHY. Don't ever shame someone for using those names.

+1

I tend to think people like OP don’t have good relationships with their families.

This^.

I'm from California (so definitely not the south), certainly not a trust fund baby (solidly MC), and I still say, "Hi Mommy!" when I call my mom on the phone. In public it's "mom" and has been since I was 10, but I am 39 and still say "mommy" on occasion when she visits. My dad has been "dad" forever, I don't have the same relationship with him.

Whatever. We are close, I love her, I don't really care what anyone else thinks about it.

My own son is 11 and still says mommy/daddy. He'll transition out of it when he chooses. I'm not rushing it.